Wild Tech
National parks use these flying, remote-controlled mini-airplanes to watch over rhinos from high in the sky.
Drones
Termites build giant mud towers that pull in cool air from the bottom and push hot air out the top, mimicking this household cooling system.
Air Conditioning
This is the bright star that savanna plants use to make their own food through a process called photosynthesis.
The sun
This is the liquid that all safari animals must drink to survive:
Water
An elephant herd drinks 60 gallons of water total. If there are 12 elephants and each drinks an equal amount, this is how many gallons each elephant drank:
5 (60/12)
Researchers use this hidden type of photography gear triggered by movement to take secret photos of nocturnal animals.
Trail Camera
Humans copy nature's shapes to build strong things. Designing Velcro after burrs or solar panels after leaves is called this.
Biomimicry
Lions and leopards get their energy by eating other animals, which puts them into this meat-eating category.
Carnivore
Oxpecker birds eat ticks off a rhino's back. The bird gets food and the rhino gets pest control. This mutually beneficial relationship is called what?
Mutualism
A safari jeep travels at a steady speed of 45 miles per hour. This is the total distance it will travel if it drives for 3 hours:
135 miles
To track elephant migrations, scientists clip on collars that use this space satellite network to find their exact location.
GPS
Giraffes have incredibly strong, stretchy cords in their legs to help them stand up effortlessly, acting just like these giant metal coils in cars.
Springs
Because reptiles like crocodiles cannot heat their own bodies and must bake in the sun to warm up, they are called this:
cold-blooded
Vultures and hyenas clean up the savanna by eating animals that are already dead, placing them into this specific ecological category:
Scavengers
A cheetah accelerates from 0 to 60 miles per hour in just 3 seconds. What is its average rate of acceleration per second?
20 miles per second
Park rangers use night-vision goggles that detect this type of heat energy invisible to the human eye.
Infrared radiation or thermal imaging
Zebras walk on a single solid nail at the bottom of each foot, which protects their bones just like this protective footwear engineers wear on a construction site.
Boots or hooves
Zebras have black and white stripes to confuse biting flies and hide in the tall grass, a survival trick known as:
camouflage
Termites act as this critical type of organism in the safari ecosystem, breaking down dead wood and grass to return vital nutrients back into the soil:
Decomposer
A park ranger counts 80 zebras, if 15% of the herd runs away from a lion, what is the exact number of zebras that left?
12 zebras
To study how a lion acts without getting too close, scientists can use a machine that acts like a remote-controlled car but looks like a rock, known by this term.
Rover (robot)
To build a sturdy, tall watchtower over the savanna, engineers rely on this strong, three-sided geometric shape that does not bend under pressure.
Triangle
When water in a watering hole dries up under the hot sun and turns into invisible gas in the air, this process is happening:
Evaporation
Grass and acacia trees are known by this biological term because they use sunlight to create their own organic energy, forming the foundation of the safari food web:
Producers or autotrophs
To calculate the total land area of a rectangular rhino sanctuary that measures 12 miles long by 8 miles wide, what mathematical formula would you use?
Area = Length x Width